Improvement in trusses



E. A. CAMPIBELL.

' TRU'SS. 175,029. Patented Marc]: 21,1876.

U NITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

EDVVARD;-OAMPBELL, OF HASTlNGS-ON-THE-HUDSON, NEW YORK.

IMPROVENIENT IN TRUSSES.

Specificatiop forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. l 75,029, dated March21 1876; appliea.tion filed Felixuary 9, 1876.

T0 all'whom it onay concem:

Be it known Itha-t I EDWARD A. CAMPBELL, 0f Hastings-on-the-Hudson, inthe county 0f .WestcheSter andState 0f New York, have ihveuted a new andImproved Truss for Hernia,

the pads in the desir ed position 011 the' bddy,

the pads being secure d to said adjustiug-strap by clmping-screws, sothat ea-ch p ul ea1u be readily adjusted.in the required Position*and bythe a'ction 0t' the levers the pads are prevented from tu1uin g out atthe bottom.

In the drawing, the letters A A desiguate 'two pads-'which am connectedto each other by a stra"p B, provided with a slide, aaud a buckle, b, sothat the distance between tl1e two pad's can be iucreased 0n dimiuishedt0 suit the. patient. Said pads a1e fastened. t0

the adjusting-strap B by clamping-surews c,

which allow 0f 'stting the same in a horizonta-l er oblique positiou, asthe hernia may re-t quire.

From eaclrpad extends a leVer, O, whiuh, when tl1e trussis in positiou,bears againSt the abdomen, and eftectually prevents the pads f1011ituruing out at the bottom. An

elastic band, D, serves to secure the truss t0 the body of the patieut.This band passes around the body 0f the patient adittle higher than thepnds, a-nd by its acti'on 'the upper ends 0f the levers O are pressedinward, thereby holding the pads firmlv g1p .ag2ltinst the hernia. 'Lhelevers, being separate and 'iudependent from euch, ad just themselvesreadily t0 the desired spot, und eaeh lever is free to follow themotious of the body iudependent of the other lever, so that the pads amnot liable to work loose or t0 cause irritation.

lt will be noticed that by my arrangement the use 0f strong s prings isavoided, and no tight strap is r'equired, amlat the same time the padsare firmly retained in position, and all parts 0f the truss can readilyadapt themselves t0 the motiou of the body without irritution.

Wst 1 ela:im as new, und desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a truss, the com'bination 0f tw0 indepemb ent pads, each lnwing alever formed ot' the prolougation of the back otf the pad, andprojeeting upward, with a strap ib1'3djllStillg tl1e distance betweenthe pads, and with an elastic body-baml secured to the pads, as showu,all constructed und operating substanti ally as descnbed.

In testimony that I claiuithe foregoiug I have hereunto set my band andseal this 5th day of February, 1876.

E. A. CAMPBELL. [L. S

Witn esses:

FREI). B. HURGHILL, UHAS. WAHLERS.

